Linus Pauling (the Linus Pauling) had a moment in his life when he became obsessed with the idea that antioxidants would make us all live forever.
It’s also worth noting that anaerobic organisms are a thing, and they die too. Yes, cells suffer with oxidation and this is indeed related to aging, but if you remove all oxygen from the equation, any replication of genetic material will still slowly age and eventually kill you.
Alright the exchange is funny but
ACKTUALLLY…
Antioxidants are at best nothing and at worst bad for you. The whole thing is marketing wank. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2099529/
Yeah, I’m fun at parties.
Linus Pauling (the Linus Pauling) had a moment in his life when he became obsessed with the idea that antioxidants would make us all live forever.
It’s also worth noting that anaerobic organisms are a thing, and they die too. Yes, cells suffer with oxidation and this is indeed related to aging, but if you remove all oxygen from the equation, any replication of genetic material will still slowly age and eventually kill you.
So the key is to find a way to stop my cells from replicating 🤔 /s
Would invite you to my parties every time as I’ve been hoping to see someone already posted this answer so I don’t have to.
Yeah i was thinking the same thing lol I just didn’t want to say it